Yonkers - Water Rescue 4-16-16

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Date: 4-16-16
Time: 16:16hrs
Location:  Hudson River, just north of the JFK Marina
District: Yonkers

Battalion: (Yonkers) 1 (Westchester) 18

Weather: 62F, clear
Units: Yonkers FD     Engine 308, Battalion 1

          Yonkers PD     Patrol, ESU

          Empress EMS  ALS Ambulance, BLS Ambulance, Medic Supervisor

          Irvington FD    Rescue 49, Marine 4, Car 2202

          Tarrytown FD  Marine 5, Car 2461, Car 2462

          WCPD             (SOD) Marine 2, ESU, Aviation
Writer:  x635

Description: Person in the water, in distress

 

16:18  Engine 308 reporting kayaker in distress, on shore with wife, difficult visual from shore of JFK Marina

 

16:22  Engine 308 reporting kayaker has life vest on per wife, is floating in the water

 

16:26  Yonkers FD Battalion 1 reporting subject is about 300 yards off shore, current is flowing north, subject is now further north of JFK Marina, floating in life preserver alongside boat

 

16:32 All separate agencies, IC's, and Dispatch Centers trying to determine and figure out interoperability frequency.

 

16:33 Yonkers Battalion 1 reporting good Samaritans going out in a rowboat.

 

16:39 Westchester County PD Marine 2 in the area

 

16:40 Yonkers Battalion 1 reporting subject is out of the water. Best access for ambulance is via the same path ESU took aside railroad tracks to boat club.

 

 

Edited April 16, 2016 by x635
UPDATED